HEALTHY time out

Do your healthy habits tend to go AWOL when it comes to down-time? Our round-up of leisure ideas come with a dose of wellbeing, guaranteed to hit refresh

WORDS: LIZ ATKINS, LAURA DAY

QUALITY BREW

A treat for you, your friends – and your liver

NEW ANALYSIS of data from more than 26 studies suggests drinking more coffee (even decaffeinated!) may reduce our risk of liver cancer. So if catching up with friends usually involves chardonnay, how about switching from the bottle to the coffee pot? The key is to add a touch of ceremony. Enter the Coffee Gator stove-top kettle with built-in thermometer (water should be 91°C –96°C if you don’t want to burn the beans). Pour the water over the coffee maker as you sit around the table – the slow-pouring spout goes easy on the coffee and the steel filter that comes with the glass jug holds on to those all-important oils and flavours. Get someone on milk frothing duties and you’re good to go.

About Healthy Food Guide

Weight loss slowed? Find out if your diet is making you fat – and the solutions that work. Nip high cholesterol in the bud with our expert tips on keeping yours low, and find out how to make eating out a breeze if you're gluten free. Plus, we reveal this year’s nutritionally-approved products in the 2017 Healthy Food Guide Awards. Find all this, plus tried-and-tested recipes and our new-look diet planner, in the July issue.